Education Week

Suppose a legislature passed a law that made it a graduation requirement to know the name of the town in which Shakespeare was born.

by Christina Evans

I grew up in Oakland when the Black Panthers were setting up free lunches and breakfasts for me and my classmates in Oakland public schools and carrying guns to defend themselves and their community from the Oakland police.

Associated Press

A survey conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and the American Press Institute finds that young adults are staying more engaged with the world through mobile devices and social networking than previously thought.

Wall Street Journal

After years on the back burner of the nation’s educational agenda, civics is making a comeback, with a number of states mandating new classes or assessments and a burgeoning national push for high-school seniors to pass the exam required of new citizens.

by Joseph Kahne

Joe Kahne makes the case for the importance of civic education in the Washington Post's Answer Sheet. He argues that the way to revitalize our democracy is to provide supports and opportunities for youth to connect to the issues they care about in informed and effective ways.

by Joseph Kahne

Joe Kahne makes the case for the importance of civic education in the Washington Post's Answer Sheet.

KQED

Forum with Michael Krasny, Host Mina Kim with guests Young Whan Choi, David Gordon, Joe Kahne, Robin Mencher.

by Joseph Kahne

Since graduation speeches frequently remind youth to draw on their talents to make their communities and the world a better place, why aren't students asked to focus on this more during high school?

by Ellen Middaugh and Joseph Kahne

This fall, as more than 8,000 young people return to Oakland Unified School District high schools, we are reminded that the future of our communities rests in the hands of these students.

Mercury News

This week, a group of boisterous teenagers marched down to a ballot box a few blocks from their school.

by Joseph Kahne

Could we please have teachers moderate the debates? They might not be perfect, but they would be better.

KQED

Nearly 17 million young people will be newly eligible to vote this November. A new study of how these voters engage in politics online shows that they may be listening more carefully than politicians think.

Ebony

Mark Anthony Neal looks at how technology and social media are empowering and creating young activists...

by Joseph Kahne and Cathy Cohen

When it comes to technology, young people, and politics, youth are characterized as either having started the Arab Spring with only their cell phones or...

San Jose Mercury News

Young people are sharing information and engaging in politics and policy discussions online like never before, according to a new study co-authored by an East Bay professor.

Youth and Participatory Politics Research Network

The MacArthur Research Network on Youth and Participatory Politics (YPP), under the direction of co-principal investigators Cathy J. Cohen of the University of Chicago and Joseph Kahne of Mills College, today unveiled the findings of the largest nationally representative study to date of new media and politics among young people.

Chicago Sun-Times

The University of Chicago released a new study, "Participatory Politics: New Media and Youth Political Action," which concludes that for the 15-to-25 year old age group...

Education Week

College-ready, career-ready...and citizenship-ready?

by Joseph Kahne

I'm told George Burns once said, "I've been reading so much about the dangers of smoking cigars, that I've finally decided...to give up reading.

by Joseph Kahne

In a cartoon depicting the evolution of Good Samaritanism in the digital age, a man walks by a homeless person lying on the street and does nothing.